Tsukumogami Kashimasu

Tsukumogami Kashimasu (つくもがみ貸します) is a Japanese novel written by Megumi Hatakenaka and published in 2007. A sequel, titled Tsukumogami, Asobō yo (つくもがみ、遊ぼうよ), was published in 2013. An anime television series adaptation premiered from July to October 2018. Crunchyroll is streaming the series under the title We Rent Tsukumogami.

Plot
Okō and Seiji own and run the Izumo-ya lending shop in the Fukagawa district of Edo. Several of the items they lend are old and have become tsukumogami. Seiji is clever and, with the help of the tsukumogami, has a reputation for being able to solve mysteries and other difficult problems. One of those mysteries is the whereabouts of Satarō, a man who was once interested in Okō despite being engaged to another woman.

Characters

 * Seiji (清次)
 * Okō's younger brother
 * Okō's younger brother


 * Okō (お紅)
 * Seiji's older sister
 * Seiji's older sister


 * Satarō (佐太郎)
 * heir to the Iida-ya shop
 * heir to the Iida-ya shop


 * Notetsu (野鉄)
 * a bat-shaped netsuke tsukumogami
 * a bat-shaped netsuke tsukumogami


 * Tsukuyomi (月夜見)
 * a full moon kakemono tsukumogami
 * a full moon kakemono tsukumogami


 * Goi (五位)
 * a kiseru tsukumogami
 * a kiseru tsukumogami


 * Ohime (お姫)
 * a princess doll tsukumogami
 * a princess doll tsukumogami


 * Usagi (うさぎ)
 * a comb tsukumogami
 * a comb tsukumogami


 * Narrator

Novel
The novel is written by Megumi Hatakenaka, and Kadokawa Shoten published it on September 25, 2007 (ISBN 978-4-04-873786-9). A second edition was published on June 23, 2010 (ISBN 978-4-04-388802-3). Hatakenaka published a sequel, titled Tsukumogami, Asobō yo, on March 26, 2013 (ISBN 978-4-04-110409-5), and the second edition was published on April 23, 2016 (ISBN 978-4-04-103880-2).

Anime
NHK announced an anime television series adaptation on October 23, 2017. The series is directed by Masahiko Murata and written by Kento Shimoyama, with animation by studio Telecom Animation Film. Miho Yano and Hiromi Yoshinuma are designing the characters based on the original designs by Lily Hoshino. Natsue Muramoto serves as the series' art director, Ryoko Oka provides color design, Yūko Kamahara is the director of photography, and Yasunori Ebina serves as sound director. Music for the series is composed by Gō Satō. "Miyavi vs. Kavka Shishido performed the opening theme song, and Mai Kuraki performed the ending theme song. TMS Entertainment produced the anime. Anime Limited acquired the series for distribution in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The series premiered on NHK General TV from July 22 to October 14, 2018.